Female fieldworkers' plight

Every few years, another woman is found to have given birth to her baby in the fields and left it there to die. The tragedy of this situation is obvious, but the tone of the article does not factor in the tragedy of the plight of the female fieldworker.

Oftentimes these pregnancies are unwanted. In a world where there is very little access to birth control and facing possible situations of unwanted sexual contact, these women are left with working long hours in the fields.

Prosecutor Andrea Tischler points toward the Safely Surrendered Baby Law, implying that Rosalba Cruz Moran should have known about the law.

Well, guess what? Tischler's participation in this society as a woman of education and status gives her that privilege to know of the law. Put yourself in Moran's shoes, do you think she knew about the law? Or do you think she had the chance, without risking her job and home, to go and leave her baby there?

I am sure this young woman would have loved to give that child a chance. It just so happens that her socio-economic position did not afford it to her. What of the father? "(Tischler) said the father isn't involved in any crime in the case," it takes two to tango, Tischler.

I find the real perpetrator to be our community: We want cheap farm labor and we want to exploit the people that do it, but we don't want to address larger social issues.

If these young women were given the access to birth control and family planning that other groups are afforded, there would be one less mother incarcerated.